Curtain rod bracket carrier



Aug. 25, 1953 l. LUNDSTROM 2,650,053

CURTAIN ROD BRACKET CARRIER Filed July 28, 1950 2 Sheets-sheaf 2Patented Aug. 25, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Ida. Lundstrom, St.Louis, Mo.

Application July 28, 1950, Serial No. 176,436

1 Claim.

1 My present invention relates to curtain rod .bracket carriers, and,more particularly to a carrier with which a pull-cord is used to raisethe carrier.

vAn object of the invention is to provide a carrier which is of the mostsimple mechanical nature, inexpensive in manufacture, and highlyefiicient for the purpose designed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier, used in pairs,that will support on the front face thereof any of the conventional hookon or push on types of curtain and traverse red supporting brackets.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carrier having opposedpull-cord guide means at its upper and lower ends and to the rearthereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a carrier whichwill not scratch, or mar the face of a window casing when raised andlowered.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, attention iscalled to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application,and in which like characters of reference are employed to designate likeparts throughout the same.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a carrier embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the carrier looking at the oppositeside thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the carrier.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the carrier.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the carrier.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the carrier, and showing a curtain rodbracket detachably secured to the front face thereof.

Fig. '7 is a rear elevation of the carrier.

Fig. 8 is a front elevation of a window casing with portions thereofbroken away, showing a pair of carriers supporting curtain rod brackets,and a pull-cord riding over stationary brackets for raising and loweringthe carriers; the broken lines showing the carriers in lowered position.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation showing the carriers in their upper positionsin solid lines, and in a lowered position in broken lines.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred form of curtain fixture supporting carrier to be used in pairsfor supporting curtain fixtures.

The carrier, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises a flatrectangularly shaped body member [0 havin a plurality of longitudinalclosed end slots l l arranged in spaced parallel relation. Upper andlower flanges l2 and I3, preferably integral with the body member inproject rearwardly from the upper and lower ends of the body member at asuitable angle thereto. flange 12 is shown as having a pull-cordreceiving-opening M midway the side edges thereof and to which flangethe .end of the pull-cord is adapted to be anchored. The lower flange [3also is shown as having an opening 15 in alignment with the opening it.However, this opening may be eliminated as it is not used excepting whenthe end of the cord may be anchored to the lower flange, when desired,although there is no advantage in doing so. The opening I5 is mainly theresult of a punch operation in the dies for making the carrier.

The upper flange i2 is provided with a pair .of pull-cord guide openingsdesignated l6 and I1 and arranged on opposite sides of the cordreceiving opening 14. The lower flange I3 'is also provided with a pairof pull-cord guide openings t8 and 19 which openings are in verticalalignment with the pull-cord openings 16 and 11, respectively.

The lower flange I3 has its rear edge portion terminating in an upwardlyand forwardly inclined wall 20 which is bent rearwardly, as at 2|, andthen continued downwardly, as at 22 parallel to the wall 20 for a shortdistance to provide a socket member designated, generally, as 23 toreceive the upper end portion of a felt, or similar window casingengaging member 24 which projects below the socket and the lower flange[3 to prevent the carrier from scratching the surface of the windowframe when raised and lowered by means of a pull-cord.

As clearly shown in Fig. 6, the reference numeral 25 designates,generally, a conventionaltype of curtain rod bracket which is secured tothe front face of the carrier by means of a pair of suitable fasteningdevices, such, for instance, as headed screws 26 provided with nuts 21.The screws pass through openings in the foot, or base of the bracket 25,pass through a selected slot, or slots II in the body member ID and thenuts engage the rear face of the body member ID. The bracket 25 'may beadjusted up or down on the face of the carrier body member 10, as ismanifest, due to the slotted openings H.

The carrier herein described will overcome certain practical objectionsto, and defects in, curtain fixtures, wherein the brackets 25 arestationary and fixed directly to the window casing. My pull-cord carrierallows any type of the conventional curtain rod brackets 25 to besecured to the front face thereof.

To show how my carriers are actually used in The upper connection withcurtain fixtures, I have, for purpose of illustration, shown in Figs. 8and 9, a window casing designated 28, a pair of curtain rod bracketsupporting carriers, the pull-cord designated 29 from which the carriersare suspended from the ends thereof, curtain rod brackets 25 secured tothe carriers, and pull-cord supporting brackets designated 30 over whichthe pull-cord rides for raising and lowering the carriers which supportthe curtain fixture. For the sake of clarity in the drawings, thecurtain rod, or if desired a traverse rod, is shown in dotted lines 31in Figs. 8 and 9 in the lowered positions of the carriers only. Thecurtain rod bracket supporting carriers are shown in full, or solidlines in their uppermost positions, and in a lowered position in dottedlines.

The left end of the pull-cord 29 is anchored to the upper end of thecarrier at the left side of the window frame and rides over guide meansin the pull-cord supporting bracket 30 at the upper left corner of theWindow frame. The cord then spans the gap between the bracket 30 and alike bracket secured to the upper right corner of the Window casing andride over a guide in the right hand bracket. The cord then descendstherefrom and passes through the guide openings l6 and I8 in the righthand carrier. The cord then is turned upwardly and passes through theguide openings [9 and I! in the right hand carhold the carriers and thecurtain fixture supported thereby in such position.

By simply pulling on the looped, or buckle provided end of thepull-cord, raising operation of the curtain fixture supporting carriersis effected. Whereas, releasing pull on the cord, lowering of thecurtain fixture supporting carriers is effected.

It is to be distinctly understood that the form of my invention, hereinshown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same,and that the invention is subject to various forms and modificationswhich come within the scope and spirit of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A curtain rod bracket carrier comprising an elongated body having aplurality of longitudinal slotted openings arranged in spaced side byside relation through which opening fastening devices may pass forsecuring a curtain rod bracket to the outer face thereof, the upper endof the body terminating in a rearwardly directed flange having aplurality of spaced pull-cord receiving openings, the lower end of thebody terminating in a rearwardly directed flange having a plurality ofpull-cord receiving openings arranged in axial alignment with thepull-cord receiving openings in the upper flange, the lower flangeterminating in a channeled member disposed at an angle to the lowerflange, and a felt strip held in a clamped position by the channeledmember and projecting beyond the lower open end thereof and beyond thelower plane of the lower flange.

IDA LUNDSTROM.

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